Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-08-01
OUR WORK In HEAVEN
DR. TALMAGEs DISCOURSE ON THE EN-
PLOYMENTS OF PARADISE.
What Are Departed Christians Doing Oar Idea o.
Heavenly EDoymsnt Larger Liberties No
HmdIanceS or Fatguo-Ilfa.,e Capacities
PoT HaPpiHesS-AIl Can be Satisfied.

Dewitt Talmagr'S sermon for this morn
my was on the "Employments OF Heaven
and his text, the lst verse, chap. l., of Eze-
kiel: Nov it came 10 pass in the thir,
tieth year, III the fourth month, in the fifth
day of the month, ~ | was among the cap.
tiyes by the river Of Chebar, that the
heavens were opehed.
Ezekiel, with others, had been eNpa.
triatrd, aud while IN foreign slavery was
standing on The banks OI the royal canal
which he and other Seris had been con
drmnrd To dig by the order OF Ncbuchad-
uclztr-this royal canal, in the text, called
the river OF Chebar; the illustrious exile
had visions ot Heaven. Indeed, 1t is almost
always SO that the brightest visions OF
Heaven come not to those who are on tine
mountain top OF prosperity, but 10 some
John on drSOlate PItmos, or 70 some Paul
in Mamertine dungeon, or to Ezekiel
standing un the banks of a ditch he had
been compelled To dig-yca, to the weary,
to the heart broken, to those whOm sorrow
has hanished
The text is very particular to give Us the
exact time ui the vision. 1t WIS in the
thlrtitth year and in the four month, aud
IN the litth day of the month. So you
have had visions OF earth you shall never
forget Iuu remember the year, you r..
member the month, you remember the
day, you remember the hour Why NAV
not We have some such vision this morn
ny. and It he IN the sixth month aud in
the fourth day Of the month:
The question is often silently asked,
though, perhaps, never nudlbly propound-
cd. what are cur
DEpAErED CHRISTIAN FRIENDS
doing now The question is more easily
answered than you might, perhaps, sup
ppSc. Though there has come no recent
intelligence from the heavenly city, and
wc seem dependent upon the story Of
| eighteen centuries ago, still | think We
may irOm strongest inference decide what
are the present occupations ol our trans
. irrrrd kiuSlOlK.
After God has made nature he never
| rradiratrd the chief characteristics Of its
temperament You never knew man
/ phlrgmatic in temperament 10 become
Sanguiuc IN temperament. You never
| knew u muu s;mguiur IN temperament tu
| become phlrgmatlc ia temperament. Con
/ version plants new principles IN the s0Gl,
hut Paul and John are lust aS different
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version. # conversion does not cridicat,.
the prominent characteristics Of Irmpcr.l-
mcnt neither will death eradicate them.
You have, then, only by a sum in sub
traction and sum in addition to decide
/ what are the cmpInymrnt. of your DEPART
ed friends in the better world. You are
| tn subtract Irrm them all earthly Gross.
n,.s. and add MI earthly r,odnrss and then
| pl,, .,,,. f., .np,r T., fine rnnrlu.inu tb,ttbry
1rr lnru,, now i'm Heaven what i'm their hest
moments they did ON earth. The reason
/ that so many pcoplrnrycr start for Heaven
| Is hrcluS, thry could not stand it il thcg
! .a.t .l.a. IL il -lpndG mn uut to be, tli-
rrgid aud iuruM place some people photo,
| graph il.
| We like To come to church, but We
would not like To stay here to next Christ
mas. We like to hear the ildilclulab
| chorus, but we would not want to hear II
all the time lor fifty centuries 1t might
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/ Inv. nf inference and deduction and r,m-
m,n sense conclude that in Heaven We
wiI, h. ius, - different from each other -
vr ,r, now different. and hence that there
will h,.,t Ieas, rs many different employ
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